Millions of voters in swing states across the United States cast their ballots Tuesday as both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump seek to woo the electorate in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Democrats, Republicans deny Trump’s ‘massive cheating’ allegations in Philadelphia, PA
Updated: 06:48 PM EST
Officials from both major political parties are rapidly rebuffing former President Trump’s recent assertion of “massive cheating” in Philadelphia.
Declaring there is “absolutely no truth” to Trump’s charge, Republican and one of three members of the Philadelphia election board Seth Bluestein responded on social media to reject the allegation. Emphasizing that city voting is “safe and secure,” he referred to it as “another example of disinformation.”
The Department of State under Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro has confirmed that elections all around Pennsylvania, including Philadelphia, are “safe and secure.”
Right now, Trump has not offered any specifics to back up his charge. His spokespeople have not yet answered questions on the specifics of what the allegation meant.
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Georgia Secretary of State confirms online bomb threats are sent using Cyrillic letters
Update: 06:24 PM EST
Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s Secretary of State, verified that bomb threats aiming at voting locations all over the state were sent online using Cyrillic letters. This provided election officials with a major hint regarding the likely source of the threats.
Raffensperger described in a briefing earlier this evening in Atlanta how fast state authorities responded, with the FBI shortly entering the inquiry. “We grabbed it fast, then the FBI followed our lead,” Raffensperger added.
After the FBI issued a public statement earlier today, the threats started to fade. Indicating that the matter had defused, Raffensperger said, “I guess they realized that dog won’t hunt today in Georgia.”
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Legal action is taken by Pennsylvania’s Fayette County to stop illegal hand counts
Update: 06:24 PM EST
Alleging violations of state election rules, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, has sued to prohibit a local judge of elections from hand counting ballots.
Vincent Manetta, the Washington Township Judge of Election, intends to remove ballots from the ballot box following polls close and conduct an audit or hand count of the votes cast for each presidential candidate, according Marybeth Kuznik, Director of the Fayette County Bureau of Elections, reported in court records.
Kuznik claims that official tabulating tools must be used to handle finished ballots according to the Pennsylvania election code.
The county wants a court ruling guaranteeing Manetta follows these rules.
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Trump suggests massive cheating in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Updated: 05:27 PM EST
Former President Donald Trump alleged on Truth Social that there is “massive CHEATING” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and added, “Law Enforcement coming!”
Trump had recently filed a lawsuit against Bucks County, Pennslyvania over voter intimidation.
Meanwhile, Seth Bluestein, City Commissioner of Philadelphia and one of three members of the Board of Elections in charge of election operations and voter registration, refuted Trump’s claims.
“There is absolutely no truth to this allegation. It is yet another example of disinformation. Voting in Philadelphia has been safe and secure,” Bluestein said on X.
